Yoshiwara (1937)
Based on a novel by Maurice Dekobra, the film is set in Yoshiwara, the red-light district of Tokyo, in the nineteenth century. It depicts a love triangle between a high-class prostitute, a Russian naval officer, and a rickshaw man.
- Released
- 1937-06-23
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Max Ophüls, Max Ophüls, Arnold Lipp, Wolfgang Wilhelm
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Lieutenant Serge Polenoff
- Sessue Hayakawa as Ysamo, Kuli
- Lucienne Le Marchand as Namo
- Roland Toutain as Pawlik
- Michiko Tanaka as Kohana
- André Gabriello as Pô
- Camille Bert as Le commandant
- Janine Darcey as Une geisha
- Foun-Sen as Une geisha
- Philippe Richard as L'attaché russe
- Ky Duyen as L'agent secret
- Georges Saillard as Le médecin
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